Welcome to the website of the Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM).

RaAM is an open community of researchers of metaphor, metonymy, and other forms of figurative expression. RaAM is interdisciplinary, welcomes a broad range of research methods, and focuses on application to real-world contexts.

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Agenda AGM14 – 16 May online

Posted by RaAM on May 7th, 2019 at 13:03

The agenda for the 14th Annual General Meeting of RaAM is now available on our website.

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Newsletter May 2019

Posted by RaAM on May 6th, 2019 at 16:19

RaAM’s newsletter no. 24 is out! It includes a message from the Chair, a final update on the RaAM 2019 seminar in Liège, two new “Metaphor Columns”, and much more! The newsletter is freely available from our website. Click on the link below to read RaAM’s newsletter no. 24 May 2019 newsletter

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Deadline for next RaAM seminar: 30 April

Posted by RaAM on April 26th, 2019 at 9:06

The next RaAM Seminar will be held in Liège, Belgium, on 16-17 May 2019. Registration for the seminar is possible until 30 April 2019.

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Reminder: RaAM Elections – please stand!

Posted by RaAM on April 26th, 2019 at 9:02

At our next seminar in May in Liège (Belgium), several positions on the RaAM Executive Committee (EC) will be up for election. We would like to encourage you think about whether you might like to be a candidate for one of these positions The deadline for applications is April 30th, 2019, 11.59PM (CET).

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